In pictures: Microsoft announces two Canberra cloud regions
Microsoft plans to deliver Microsoft Azure from two new regions through a strategic partnership with Canberra Data Centres (CDC). The company says it will be the only major cloud provider in Australia...
View ArticleMicrosoft Australia seeks CTO
Microsoft Australia is seeking a new National/Chief Technology Officer.
View ArticleMicrosoft's chip push continues with Azure Sphere: Securing gadgets with...
Microsoft's new Azure Sphere security package for billions of IoT devices includes two surprises: a new chip that Microsoft will license, plus its own Linux kernel.
View ArticleNSW Govt taps Azure to pin down $30B procurement budget spend
The NSW Government is tapping into Microsoft’s Azure cognitive capabilities to categorise how its $30 billion annual procurement budget is spent.
View ArticleNT govt using AI to monitor fish stocks while avoiding crocs
Counting the fish in the waters off Darwin has, until recently, been either deadeningly dull or potentially deadly, depending on the way you go about it.
View ArticleMicrosoft Australia increases Azure cloud pricing
Microsoft Australia will increase Azure prices by eight per cent as of 1 January 2019.
View ArticleAmazon Web Services hints at quantum computing future
Amazon Web Services has, for the first time, hinted at its interest in offering quantum computing to customers.
View ArticleVolt gets full banking licence
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has today granted ‘challenger bank’ Volt a licence to operate as an authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI).
View ArticleAWS gets government go-ahead to handle classified data
Amazon Web Services has been certified to store and process federal government data classified as Protected, across 42 of its services.
View ArticleMicrosoft injects funding into Aussie AI projects
Microsoft has offered support to six Australian artificial intelligence projects, taking its AI for Earth funding initiatives to US$50M around the world.
View ArticleWA Police pilots 'Söze' AI engine to automate evidence analysis
When investigating a crime, police often end up collecting terrabytes of digital evidence including emails, texts, social media posts, photographs and CCTV footage.
View ArticleWaterNSW taps Business Aspect to replace legacy systems with Microsoft
WaterNSW awarded a contract to Data#3's Business Aspect to replace its legacy systems with Microsoft's cloud trinity: Azure, Dynamics 365 and Office 365.
View ArticleNewcrest Mining bets on Ai and IoT to monitor mines
A sensor-driven AI system based on Microsoft’s Azure cloud is helping Newcrest Mining manage crushed ore bin levels at Cadia Valley gold mine in NSW.
View ArticleRegulator taps Azure to keep roads safe
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is assessing the use of cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) to drive additional insights from the masses of data it accumulates and help it make the...
View ArticleThe major hybrid cloud options compared: AWS Outposts vs Azure Stack vs...
We compare the hybrid cloud solutions from the big three public cloud providers and beyond.
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